Departure

WITH many a thousand kiss not yet content, At length with One kiss I was forced to go; After that bitter parting's depth of woe, I deem'd the shore from which my steps I bent, Its hills, streams, dwellings, mountains, as I went, A pledge of joy, till daylight ceased to glow; Then on my sight did blissful visions grow In the dim-lighted, distant firmament, And when at length the sea confined my gaze, My ardent longing fill'd my heart once more; What I had lost, unwillingly I sought. Then Heaven appear'd to shed its kindly rays: Methought that all I had possess'd of yore Remain'd still mine--that I was reft of nought.